VOL XVI.
Local Events.
Elbert Vaughan of H ood River,
a former .Newberg boy, was in
tow n on Tuesday.
Delano Estle arrived home
Saturday evening from a busi­
ness trip to Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Caldwell
visited this week over at Jefferson
with the former’s parents. -
Robert Grame, brother o f
Chance and Lee Grame, has
rented the D. H. Turner prop­
erty.
D. H. Turner, recorder-elect,
, moved his family to McMinnville
the first o f the week. Miss Carrie
Turner is to assume the duties o f
deputy recorder. .
Dr. H. C. Dixon has rented the
low er rooms o f his new building
to W. E. Purdy, o f Chehalem
Mountain, w ho will open up a
real estate business, in which he
w as formerly occupied in Port­
land.
There will be a called meeting
o f the G. A. R. Cemetery Associa­
tion at the residence o f C. H.
Eggers at 8 o ’clock p. m. on
Saturday July 2nd, for the pur­
pose o f electing a trustee to fill
the vacancy caused by the death
o f Chairman J. W. Nevitt. Board
o f Trustees.
Prof, and Mrs. C. E- Lewis
said farewell to Newberg friends
M onday morning and left for
their home at Paonia, Colorado,
expecting to stop a few days at
Berkeley, California. They have
done an excellent w o r t for Pa­
cific College the past year for
which the friends o f the institu­
tion are very grateful.
Chas. Larkin has sold his farm
on the Dayton road five miles
southwest o f Newberg to a Mr.
Johnson, a recent arrival from
Wisconsin, the consideration be­
ing $10,800. It is understood
that Mr. Larkin will move to
Newberg for the present on giv­
ing up possession o f the farm.
At a called meeting o f the city
council held Monday evening it
w as decided to improve the city
water works by putting in a
new concrete reservoir with a
capacity o f 150,000 gallons. It
is the purpose o f the council to
put in the reservoir close to the
present one and to use both the
new and the old ope. The im­
provement will begin as soon as
possible.
NEWBERG, YAMHILL COUNÏTt'OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 30,1904.
- Mr. and Mrs. Roy W oods o f MILES
Grants Pass visited in Newberg P|M,j||c
over Sunday.
P rol
Prof. JR. W. Kirk and Miss
t
Gertrude Lamb went dow n to
««jt’s
Portland Wednesday to attend That i
the state teachers’ meeting.
and e:
On Wednesday o f last week at tnornit
the county seat occurred th e ' passed
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j
is National
>rical Con-
t polls.
I to be true.”
ral thought
yesterday
word was
it on the
.
ific College’s
liles, met all
il national
;al contest at
ralked aw ay
with first honors.-f He was ex­
pected to give.a gdod account o f
himself, bnt his strongest sup­
porters scarcely dared hope that
the boy would defeat the mature
and seasoned orators from all
over the United States which
would be pitted against him at
Indianapolis.
News o f the victory came by
telegram from Prof. R. W. Kelsey,
which stated that Miles received
three firsts on delivery and that
the state o f Illinois w as awarded
second honors. Details o f the
contest are not »yet obtainable,
but the headlinegqbntain enough
news to satisfy for some time to
come.
This victory will mean for
Pacific College the biggest ad­
vertisement in its historv. Its
scope is national. It speaks
forcibly for the small educational
institution which can win out
over the big universities o f the
country. One o f the orators de­
feated by Miles was W. Clifford
Smith o f the University o f Cali­
fornia w ho won tfie Pacific Coast
contest last year
w ho w as
hailed as such a wdjider. The
Friends colleges are maintaining
an enviable record in prohibition
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Mr. and Mrs.J. M, Rittenhouse
g o t back from their visit at
Grand Ronde Tuesday morning,
their daughter Mrs. W. E.
Thomas and children returning
with them.
Ed Biddle, for seventeen years
proprietor and manager o f the
Dallas Iron Works, was in New­
berg on business Tuesday in
company with his successor in
the business, W. C. Jackson. The
new proprietor is out after some
business in this section and at­
tention o f hop growers is called
to his advertisement which ap­
pears in the columns o f the
Graphic.
Abner B. C o o k ,'a brother o f
the wife o f Dr. Aaron Mills, died
at St Vincents hospital in Port­
land last Friday morning o f
brain fever. The deceased was
born in Hendricks count)-, Indi­
ana. He had been- a Christian
from early manhood and was a
member o f the Friends church.
T w o years ago he came to Oregon
from Missouri with his three
children, tw o sons and a daugh­
ter. He assisted in the work at
the oil well west o f Newberg
when the prospecting was being
done, but for a year or more be
had been running a dynamo in
the Macleav buildingin Portland. 1 oratory > the first national con
The remains were brought here test held at Chicago in 1900
for burial on Saturday evening being won by Miles’ trainer, R.
and a short funeral service w-as W. Kelsey o f Earlham College.
It is understood that Mr.
conducted at the grave by Mrs.
Miles
will visit Indiana relatives
M. E. K. Edwards. Mrs. Mills
w ho lives at Fisher, Lincoln for a few weeks before returning
county, was unable to get out for home. A hearty welcome awaits
the funeral as the distance w a s !
at
en(* tb^line.
to o great, a day and a half being
You can’t lose by baying one
required to reach Philomath, the o f Porter & Lariau’s sample
nearest railroad station.
$1.50 shirts for 75 cents.
To the school, church, lodge or society receiving the
highest vote. Contest to close when
30,000 coupons sre issued.
r ’
We give coupons with every 25-cent cash purchase
Porter & Larkin, general merchandise.
A. R. Moomaw & Son, hardware, implements, etc.
T. B. Cummings & Co., furniture, wall paper, paint.
Hugh C. Lawer, harness and saddlery.
W. Rich, groceries and provisions.
Henry J. Austin, meat market.
C. B. Wilson, confectionery and ice cream parlor.
Heaeock & Heacock, jewelers and opticians.
The Misses Hutchens, leading milliners.
F. H. Caldwell & Co., drugs, books and stationery.
H A V E Y O U E X A M IN E D T H O S E
Champion Machines
A. R. MOOMAW & SON’S ?
T h ey are the strongest and lightest running ma
chines on the market.
W e also handle the
M IT C H E LL A N D BEE LIN E BUGGIES,
SYRACU SE PLO W S, H A Y TO O LS,
W IR E FEN CIN G and G E N E R A L H A R D W A R E
T h e richest o f pure cream; the juice of ripe, fresh fruits;
highest grade flavorings and pure crystal sugar, carefully
blended and frozen to a creamy smoothness by skilled w ork­
men. This is the only "secret” of the great sale of
M. F. Corrigan has a]»pointed
Vine W. Pearce o f North Yamhill
as his deputy. This is a good
appointment as Mr. Pearce is
thoroughly qualified to perform
all the duties of the office and is
a very pleasant and agreeable
person to transact business with.
Mr. Corrigan and deputy have
been in the office part o f this
week making themselves ac­
quainted with the various duties
they will have to perform.—
Telephone Register.
John J. Spencer o f McMinnville
died Saturday afternoon from
paralysis and was buried in the
old family burying ground at
Dundee on Monday. "Jack”
Spencer, as he was well known
ail over Yamhill county, was a
man o f very great native ability
and had in him the making o f
big lawyer had he properly ap­
plied himself. At one time he was
prominent in Yamhill county
politics. Mr. Spencer was fifty-
tw o years of age and unmarried.
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NO. 33.
. . S W E T L A N D ’S
ICE
CREAJVl . .
It is absolutely pure and contains no secret powders or
"fillers.” This "Ic e Cream o f Q uality” is received fresh
every day by
C. B. W IL S O N , Sole Agent for Newberg.
Special rates made for picnics, parties, etc.
F r e e S ouvenir — W hen visiting Portland, call at S h e t­
land’s, 273 Morrison street, and present this ad. Y ou will
receive free an attractive souvenir for the table. ■
B Y B U YIN G Y O U R
Growers !
Attention i
Here is something which should interest you.
T 7 ie M o r r is o n I m p r o v e d H o p P r e s s
Clocks, Watches
and Jewelry
W ill do more work with less men than any haler in the market.
Thi* is fact, not pretense, and we guirantee it.
W EBFOOT
HOF
STOVE
Has more weight than any stove of its size. We manufacture it,
»j and know that it-canuot be duplicated for tbe money. We handle
all kinds of extras for the Beai'dslee hop pr6ss. Let us hear from
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T H E D A L L A S IR O N W
Tbe Loading Jewelers
NEWBERG ORE